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Bipartisan legislation would broaden telehealth benefits for employees

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Specifically, the bill would amend HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act to allow employees to receive this benefit, maintaining that any standalone telehealth service would remain separate from traditional health plans, rather than as a replacement. Department of Veterans Affairs. The full text of the act can be read here.

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Patient engagement support vendor offers free telehealth to NY, NJ women

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Such reports concerned Tucker, who was seeing the emotional impact of COVID-19 on her own employees. UPIC's services are HIPAA-compliant, Tucker said. UPIC will use a HIPAA-compliant electronic health record, and she said leadership does "spot checks" to ensure confidentiality among coaches providing care.

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health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.